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1906
Approximately 60 young ladies and girls employed at Finck’s cigar factory walked out on strike this morning. The girls, who make $8 a week quit because other girls were being hired for as little as $1.50 per week.

1968
A rare copy of a Mexican newspaper containing the earliest known official announcement of the fall of the Alamo is now on display at the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library next to the Alamo. The newspaper dated March 21, 1836, was acquired from Maury A. Bromsen, a rare books and manuscripts dealer in Boston.

1906The skating rink at Electric Park was opened to the public and the sport instantly was established as a favorite among young people.

1918 – World War I
J. B. Carrington of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, was today advised by the War Department of the complete details for the removal of the quartermaster’s supply department from Fort Sam Houston to either St. Louis or New Orleans, instead of Houston.

1976
The Arsenal property is offered for sale by the Texas National Guard and advertised as such in the Wall Street Journal on a sealed-bid basis.

1906
Bids will be opened in the mayor’s office tomorrow at noon for putting the new roof on the Alamo. On one portion of the old roof there is now a young hackberry tree, grape vine and other vegetation growing.

1918 – World War I
No darkening of the streets or show windows in stores along the parade route tonight will be required, according to the directors of the Fiesta Association. “The more lights there are on the street the better the floats will show up and we are anxious that there be as much light as possible,” says B. R. Webb, president of the Fiesta Association.

1918 – World War I
Maj. General Henry T. Allen, commander of Camp Travis, spoke today before the Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon at the St. Anthony Hotel, saying, “Lloyd George has made the statement and it has been published abroad and I suppose over here, that no great offensive, costly in lives, is to be made by the allies until the Americans are here in force.”

1945
Trinity University officials announced the school’s new campus would be opposite Alamo Stadium.

1956
San Antonio’s second oldest radio station, KTSA, is sold to Gordon McLendon and the McLendon Investment Corp. by O. R. Mitchell , president of O. R. Mitchell Motors, for $306,000 pending approval by the FCC.

1906
A meeting of the executive board of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas was held today at the home of Mrs. Max Urwitz in Houston. Many affairs of interest and importance were taken up, among them being the matter of purchasing a portrait of Davy Crockett to be hung in the Alamo. Miss Adina De Zavala is still working to acquire the Alamo mission and make it a hall of fame and museum of Texas. She has collected a great many interesting objects, including a heavy glass decanter picked up on the battlefield of San Jacinto by J. P. Jones of Milam County.

1918 – World War I
Eighty-eight pairs of shoes have been sent to Camp Travis from the supply depot at Philadelphia especially for Mose Jefferson, of Goose Creek. Not one of them is large enough to fit his size 15 foot.

1906
Boerne State Bank opens for business. It is purchased by San Antonio’s National Bank of Commerce on February 7, 1986. It is converted to a national bank under the name NBC Bank – Boerne on April 30, 1988.

1918
The San Antonio Light features an illustration of the new Central Trust Building (right) designed by Atlee Ayers to be located at the corner of Navarro and Houston Streets. It will be completed later this year at a cost of $500,000. (It’s still there.)

1979
The 52-year-old Municipal Auditorium (now the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts) is gutted by fire. The cause of the blaze is attributed to a discarded cigarette.

1895
Ground is broken for the main building of Our Lady of the Lake Academy. Originally, the name was to be “St. Mary’s of the Lake” but Bishop Forest persuaded Mother Florence that there were so many St. Mary’s in San Antonio that another name might be more appropriate. With that, the name was changed to Our Lady of the Lake.

1906
The S. A. and A. P. railroad will run a spur line to the 17,000-acre target range and maneuver ground, near Leon Springs, which the government has recently been acquiring. In event of any practice at this place there will then be ample facilities for the trans­portation of troops. The “Sap’s” engineer is now at work figuring out the route, and it is expected the work on the short line will be begun at an early date.

1917 – World War I
Colonel Malvern-Hill Barnum, chief of staff of the Southern Department of the Army, made the announcement today that the name Camp Kelly, used informally for years, is now officially Kelly Field. The government is designating all its aviation posts as fields and not camps, so Camp Kelly must go.

1906
The architect for Alamo Heights said the new addition would be “a strictly fashionable residence area.”

1922
Residents of Alamo Heights vote overwhelmingly to incorporate. The vote cast today was the heaviest ever recorded on an incorporation election there, all others having been voted down. The favorable vote this time is said to have been due to the rumored extension of the city limits of San Antonio which would have taken in the Heights.

1954
San Antonio chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People today voted unanimously to instruct its legal redress committee to take immediate steps to have the city’s segregated swimming pool ordinance declared unconstitutional.

Friday, February 22, 2019 Come in and apply for jobs online and do job searches. Learn how to make a resume and prepare for interviews. Make an appointment time for individual help on a resumes. Address: 3350 E. Commerce, San Antonio, TX 78220 Phone: (210) 207-9180 Branch Location: Carver Library Room: Learn Center Event Type(s): Classes (Computer) Staff Con […]

Friday, February 22, 2019 Celebrate Black History Month by competing in our friendly word search game! Grab a game sheet from staff, then use the clues to find the last name of the famous person being described. If you find all of the names, then submit your completed word search to staff at the circulation desk to get your candy prize. The deadline to enter […]

Friday, February 22, 2019, 11am – 12pm Qigong is a holistic system of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for health and spirituality. Due to the nature of the class, participants arriving late will not be admitted. Address: 1122 W. Pyron Ave., San Antonio, TX 78221 Phone: (210) 207-9150 Branch Location: Pan American Library […]

Friday, February 22, 2019, 3 – 4pm Address: 530 Heimer, San Antonio, TX 78232 Phone: (210) 207-9030 Branch Location: Brook Hollow Library Room: Children's Event Type(s): Family Fun Audience: Kids, Family Additional Info: Children are invited to the Brook Hollow Library to read to a dog! Do you have any favorite animal stories you would like to read? […]